Scale attachment



june 5, 1923.

F. R. WAINWRIGHT SCALE ATTACHMENT Fdled Oct. '7, 1921 A TTOHNE V8 Patented lune 5, i923 SCALE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed October 7, 1921.

T0 @ZZ vw/wm t may concern Be it known that I, FRANK RUSH NAIN- wRIGHr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Scale Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a scale attachment, and aims to provide a device of this character, more particularly in the nature of a display device which may serve as an advertising medium, or any other suitable purpose.

More particularly it is an object of my invention to provide an attachment for any conventional type of scale which` may be associated with this scale, subsequent to its manufacture, or be applied at the time of its manufacture and which will be actuated by the movement of the scale mechanism in such a manner that the person using the scale will immediately notice the display device and the advertising or other matter placed thereon.

It is another object of my invention to construct a device of the character stated which shall be capable of being manufactured at an extremely nominal ligure and in which the parts will be relatively simple, so that the danger of their becoming broken er disarranged is reduced to a minimum, aside from the fact that the attachment shall be of such a character as not to interfere inthe slightest with the correct operation of the scale.

Still further objects of this invention will become apparent from the annexed specification taken in connection with the drawings, which latter illustrate `one practical embodiment of the same, and in which;

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a scale with my improved attachment associated therewith, the said scale having' a portion of its casing broken awayv to disclose the underlying structure.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the parts in a slightly different position, and

Figure 3 isa transverse sectional view taken along the line 3 3 and in the direction of the arrows indicated in Figure 1.

In these views it will be seen that I have illustrated a conventional form of platform scale the base of which is indicated by the reference numeral 5, the reference numeral Serial No. 505,021.

the embodiment illustrated lI* have shown i merely one type of indicator, hereinafter more fully described, and which is susceptible of being used in the connection stated, but it will be readily appreciated that any desirable type of lindicator may be used to advantage with any type of scale.

Referring to this attachment it will be seen that in the embodiment illustrated the same includes a rotatable drum 10 upon which a strip of suitable material 11 is coiled, the outer end of this strip of material being preferably weighted as at 12 and extending past a window in the casing 14;. A suitable operating mechanism for synchronizing the movement of this drum with the movement of the platform 5 is provided by simply utilizing an operating arm lll which has one of its ends connected to the mechanism 7, its opposite end carrying a serrated bar 15, which meshes with a gear 16 iixedly secured to the drinn 10.

Thus upon a person occupying` the platform 6 the operating mechanism 7 will primarily be actuated to cause a corresponding movement on the part of the indicator 8, and this movement will also be transmitted to the drum 10 resulting in an unrolling ef the strip or curtain 11, and a displaying` of the writing` upon this member through the winH dow 13. Y

It is to be noted in this connection that although the characters may be of any desired type of advertising or otherwise, that the strip of material 11 in the embodiment illustrated is particularly "adapted to bear advertising matter somewhat of the following nature. Assuming that the weight illustrated would indicate a person is emaeiated, a slogan such as Drink mill-@would ap# pear throughl the window, while various other foods or beverages would be indicated the further the platform 6 was depressed.

Thus all of the objects set forth in lthe preamble of this specification have been accomplished, and it will also be understood that nun'ierou'sl modiicat.ions5 of' structure might readily be *resorted* to' Without the least departing from the spirit of my-invention, Which I- claimas;

Vrotating said drum in al direction to effect the unwinding of the strip for the display of certain of the advertising j indicia" through the Windovv'opening.

2. The combination Witha Weighing scale,V

oi. anadve'rtising device comprising a cas# infgjhavlng aik Wlndov7 opening','arotary vdrain in' said casing',` a striphavin'gadvertisingl indiciaamscrihedthereon secured 'at fone edge' of and Wound'uponsaiddrum, a Weightfat the free" lower edge of said strip, means op'- erablef upon'. movement` of the actuatingr mechanism offthelweightindcating'felement forY rotatingA said drum in-v-- a direction" to ef- 'feet the unWinding of the strip for the dis-A play ofcertainof the advertising indicia through the Window opening, said means including-jaI-pinion on the drum, and a rack engaging the pinion and attached to the actuating mechanism for movement therewith.

3. The combination with a Weighing scale, of an advertising'device comprising a casL inghavinga Window opening, afrotary' drum in said casing, a* stripl havingr advertising indicia:inscrihedthereon secured at oneedge otiand Wound upon said drum, a Weight 'at the free lower edge ofsaid strip,` and means oper alole- -upon movement of f the actuating mechanism for the Weightf indioatingr ielei nient for 'rotating' said drum respecti'vely"in opposite directions; to cause `the*unav-inding strpvuponcthe return movement ottheiaci tuating mechanism'to normal position.

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